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| Popmatters |
 The Sicilian singer and songwriter Carmen Consoli has called herself “una piccola cantantessa”—a little girl singer—but now that she’s 35, the self-deprecating diminutive hardly fits anymore. Then again, maybe it never did. Since she released her debut album, Dueparole, in 1996, Consoli has been a formidable artist with big ideas and ambitions, and the talent to realize them. Italy’s leading female singer-songwriter, Consoli has been gradually building a following in the United States, with appearances at showcase venues like Joe’s Pub in Manhattan and rock festivals like South by Southwest. In 2007, she performed at Central Park’s Delacorte Theater, home to the New York Shakespeare Festival. Her January 2010 show at City Winery in Manhattan sold out, further evidence that Consoli is making inroads in the U.S. market. Raves from other musicians haven’t hurt, either. After catching her and her band at Joe’s Pub, Elvis Costello remarked that Consoli “played more original musical ideas in her first three songs than most American, or for that matter, English bands manage in a whole evening” (as quoted by Jim Bessman in Global Rhythm, 3/13/07)....full text |
| Laut |
| Die Grenze zwischen Wegwerf- und engagierter Popmusik verläuft in Italien weitaus fließender als im deutschsprachigen Raum. Das liegt am riesigen Einfluss, den das Festival di Sanremo hat, wo jedes Jahr Ende Februar alte Hasen und hoffnungsvolle Newcomer aufeinender treffen. Wer gewinnt, ist letztendlich egal. Es gibt keine bessere Plattform, um sich zu präsentieren, weshalb kaum ein Künstler, wie engagiert auch immer, nicht dort aufgetreten ist. In das Schema passt auch die Sizilianerin Carmen Consoli, die in Italien seit der zweiten Hälfte der 90er Jahre zu den erfolgreichsten Sängerinnen zählt. Sie in einen Topf mit Schmusesängern wie Eros Ramazzotti oder Laura Pausini zu werfen, wäre verkehrt, denn die Hochglanzbilder täuschen: Auf dem vorliegenden Album setzt sich Consoli mit durchaus umstrittenen Themen auseinander. Veräppelt sie im ersten Stück noch Silvio Berlusconi ("Es lebe Italien, der Fußball, das Testosteron. Die Mauscheleien und all die Nutten. Wir lieben das Fernsehen"), geht es hier eher um die Gedankenwelt zehn unterschiedlicher Frauen. "Perturbazione Atlantica" handelt von einer Frau, die auf den Feiertag ihres Dorfes mit der Heiligenprozession wartet. "Non Molto Lontano Da Qui" klingt wie ein Brief an eine entfernte Liebe. "'A Finestra" ist auf Sizilianisch gehalten und erzählt fröhlich vom Treiben vor dem Fenster einer Wohnung....full text |
| Thephoenix |
| How Italian was the crowd at Carmen Consoli's sold-out Regattabar show? The language was everywhere. The couple from Methuen sharing our table were 50 percent, and the Italian husband estimated the room at 90 percent. (I was guessing 85.) The crowd spanned generations, from older women in real fur coats to the hip-looking young guys in front of me in line, in snazzy black zip-up jackets and scarves, who like Consoli are from Sicily, and who assured me that she'd never play a room as small as the Regattabar in Italy, where large theaters are her meat. How Italian was it? When Consoli's set heated up, about three songs in, the well-dressed middle-aged man at the table in front of us (nice suit!), attending with his wife and teenage daughter, didn't loosen his tie, he tightened it. La bella figura! Consoli, in case you hadn't heard, is a superstar on the Continent. This is her third trip to Boston, following a debut at the MFA and a visit to the Regattabar, both in 2008. Press reports have called her the PJ Harvey of Italy, and that doesn't seem far off. She mixes folk pop and indie rock with traditional Italian folk. Her early albums (she has 10) were more electric-guitar rock, but in recent years she's turned toward folk, especially the Sicilian tradition, and acoustic instruments including fiddles and accordion. She was in the States to do a short "warm-up" tour debuting material from her new Elettra (Polydor). At the Regattabar, she played solo, alternating two acoustic guitars, occasionally thumping a tambourine with a foot pedal. Looking more drawn and delicate than in some of her press photos (she's 35 now, and the baby fat has melted from her chiseled features), she touted her Sicilian heritage often, and she wore what could have been a trad Sicilian signora outfit — knee-length unbelted black dress, black stockings. Except for her bare arms and rock-and-roll boots....full text |
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